Native name 王义夫 Name Wang Yifu | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Olympic medals Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre air pistol Similar People Xu Haifeng, Franck Dumoulin, Ragnar Skanaker, Vladimir Isakov, Ihar Basinski | ||
Wang Yifu plays with Gyroscopic exercise tool (Powerball)
Wang Yifu (simplified Chinese: 王义夫; traditional Chinese: 王義夫; pinyin: Wáng Yìfū, born December 4, 1960 in Liaoyang, Liaoning) is a male Chinese pistol shooter, and in terms of Olympic medals one of the most successful sport shooters of all times, being the only shooter with six individual Olympic medals. He specializes in the 50 m Pistol and 10 m Air Pistol events. He is the only shooter to have won two gold medals in men's 10 metre air pistol.
Wang won his first Olympic medal in the Los Angeles games at the age of 23. After this, the Air Pistol event was added to the program, and this is where he has achieved his greatest accomplishments. He won the 1992 gold medal only days after a new medal in the 50 m event. His three attempts to repeat the victory have provided impressive results and very tight duels:
Also in the ISSF World Shooting Championships, Wang has won both 50 m Pistol (in 1994) and 10 m Air Pistol (in 1998).